Quotes about Potential

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.

My mother is a great artist, but she always treated her paintings like minor postcards. Had she pursued it, she would have been a great artist. Instead, she looked down on her art.

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

God wants to do immeasurably more in & through your life than you could ask.

Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.

Don't let your opportunities slip away.

So many people live lives of silent mediocrity, convinced that what really matters to them is out of their reach. So they settle.

The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that's usually what we get.

Kids are always the only future the human race has.

One lives in the naïve notion that later there will be more room than in the entire past.

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.